It’s exactly the same analysis as
previously noted. If you look at the program we have there, currently the Telehealth program has a coordinator in headquarters. Then there were a regional position in the Inuvik health authority, one in the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority and one at the Stanton Territorial Health Authority.
We had to look at that program and see whether it was possible to deliver the program with fewer resources. The technology has improved a lot in that regard. The machines and equipment we have from the funding from Canada Infoway have enabled us to deliver those services much more cheaply.
The decision was made that the Stanton position and the Yellowknife position could be eliminated but we could still do the programming in a different way. I think it should also be noted that there are lots of communities in the Northwest Territories without a coordinator for Telehealth. But they do still turn on the machines, and they do still participate in the Telehealth program.
So to answer the question — sorry for being long-winded — looking at the job description, duties, the make-up of resources within that program and how we could still deliver the program were the criteria that were used.